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- ↑ Volmers, Eric (28 February 2015). "Calgarians at the Canadian Screen Awards: Who to look out for". The Calgary Herald . Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ↑ "Début du tournage du film "La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes"". The Huffington Post (in French). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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